Behind the wonder that is Max Headroom is the many wonders of the creative team that brought him to life. This page lists those creative contributors, and the major crew for the many television programs as well.

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<div class="lede">Behind the wonder that is Max Headroom are the many wonders of the creative team that brought him to life, and the skilled show crews that made him reality.</div>

==Writing & Development==

==Writing & Development==

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* '''George Stone'''

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This section will be far more detailed, in time, but here's the brief bio of each contributor.

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* '''Rocky Morton'''

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====George Stone====

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* '''Peter Wagg'''

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George Stone is Max Headroom's creator in almost every respect. A marketing executive and science fiction writer who worked for Chrysalis Productions, he was tasked by Wagg, Morton and Jankel to write the overall back story of this new creation. A vast number of details of Max, his genesis and his world came from Stone's original draft. However, the overall story and setting was considered too complex to film for the small screen, so many elements were eliminated or toned down for the telefilm script.

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* '''Steve Roberts'''

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* '''Michael Cassutt'''

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I had the great pleasure of meeting George a few years ago in London, and he's everything you'd think the creator of something as bizarre and wonderful as Max Headroom might be. He appears in a couple of the more recent retrospectives and documentaries.

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====Peter Wagg====

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The entire concept that became Max Headroom began with Peter Wagg, a producer for Chrysalis who was asked by Channel Four to help create an attention-getting music videos show to attract a younger audience. Aside from Matt Frewer, Wagg is the only creative person who is connected with every single appearance of Max. That, and being the person who chose George Stone to write the backstory, puts Wagg in the honorable role of being Max's godfather.

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====Rocky Morton & Annabel Jankel====

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Creator, godfather... now on to Max's parents. Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel were well-known directors of music videos and commercials, and considered by Wagg to be the perfect team to bring this bizarre new concept to the screen with as much of Stone's crazy vision as possible. Both were involved with all the British shows, from the telefilm through the third season of the talk/music show.

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Other than Max, the pair is perhaps best known for directing Super Mario Brothers (1993). Morton also directed the 2007 return of Max for the Channel Four digital commercials.

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====Steve Roberts====

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Steve Roberts was a writer and screenwriter who turned Stone's background draft and the production team's limitations and ideas into the script for the telefilm (as well as the illustrated novelization). Roberts also wrote for the second season music and talk show, and eventually landed as executive story editor and lead writer for the ABC series. He moved up to co-producer for the second season.

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====Paul Owen & David Hansen====

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Owen and Hansen were dialogue writers for the telefilm and all the music and talk shows. They contributed to the dialogue of the ABC series as well. Along with a half-dozen other writers who wrote for one or two shows each, they (in collaboration with Matt Frewer) were largely responsible for Max's dialogue, riffs, witticisms and humor. They co-wrote the other Max book, ''Max Headroom's Guide to Life''.

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For the fourth season of the talk show, the Cinemax six-show extension, Owen and Hansen had additional help from a writing team of no less than Larry David (later to co-create ''Seinfeld'') and Charlie Rubin, who has a long history with successful TV comedy.

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====Michael Cassutt====

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Mike Cassutt joined the Max-o-verse with the ABC series, acting as writer and story editor. He moved up to executive story editor in the second season.

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In my opinion, Steve Roberts wrote the best series episodes using existing material and background, which is not surprising given that he crafted it all from raw input. However, I think Cassutt wrote the best episodes that explored new ground, especially the brilliant and prescient ''Security Systems''.

==Visual & Effects==

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===The Max Headroom Show Crew, Season 1===

===The Max Headroom Show Crew, Season 1===

The 13-episode premiere season video show with Max as VJ.

The 13-episode premiere season video show with Max as VJ.

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===The Max Headroom Show Crew, Season 2===

===The Max Headroom Show Crew, Season 2===

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Writing & Development

This section will be far more detailed, in time, but here's the brief bio of each contributor.

George Stone

George Stone is Max Headroom's creator in almost every respect. A marketing executive and science fiction writer who worked for Chrysalis Productions, he was tasked by Wagg, Morton and Jankel to write the overall back story of this new creation. A vast number of details of Max, his genesis and his world came from Stone's original draft. However, the overall story and setting was considered too complex to film for the small screen, so many elements were eliminated or toned down for the telefilm script.

I had the great pleasure of meeting George a few years ago in London, and he's everything you'd think the creator of something as bizarre and wonderful as Max Headroom might be. He appears in a couple of the more recent retrospectives and documentaries.

Peter Wagg

The entire concept that became Max Headroom began with Peter Wagg, a producer for Chrysalis who was asked by Channel Four to help create an attention-getting music videos show to attract a younger audience. Aside from Matt Frewer, Wagg is the only creative person who is connected with every single appearance of Max. That, and being the person who chose George Stone to write the backstory, puts Wagg in the honorable role of being Max's godfather.

Rocky Morton & Annabel Jankel

Creator, godfather... now on to Max's parents. Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel were well-known directors of music videos and commercials, and considered by Wagg to be the perfect team to bring this bizarre new concept to the screen with as much of Stone's crazy vision as possible. Both were involved with all the British shows, from the telefilm through the third season of the talk/music show.

Other than Max, the pair is perhaps best known for directing Super Mario Brothers (1993). Morton also directed the 2007 return of Max for the Channel Four digital commercials.

Steve Roberts

Steve Roberts was a writer and screenwriter who turned Stone's background draft and the production team's limitations and ideas into the script for the telefilm (as well as the illustrated novelization). Roberts also wrote for the second season music and talk show, and eventually landed as executive story editor and lead writer for the ABC series. He moved up to co-producer for the second season.

Paul Owen & David Hansen

Owen and Hansen were dialogue writers for the telefilm and all the music and talk shows. They contributed to the dialogue of the ABC series as well. Along with a half-dozen other writers who wrote for one or two shows each, they (in collaboration with Matt Frewer) were largely responsible for Max's dialogue, riffs, witticisms and humor. They co-wrote the other Max book, Max Headroom's Guide to Life.

For the fourth season of the talk show, the Cinemax six-show extension, Owen and Hansen had additional help from a writing team of no less than Larry David (later to co-create Seinfeld) and Charlie Rubin, who has a long history with successful TV comedy.

Michael Cassutt

Mike Cassutt joined the Max-o-verse with the ABC series, acting as writer and story editor. He moved up to executive story editor in the second season.

In my opinion, Steve Roberts wrote the best series episodes using existing material and background, which is not surprising given that he crafted it all from raw input. However, I think Cassutt wrote the best episodes that explored new ground, especially the brilliant and prescient Security Systems.

Visual & Effects

John Humphries

Rod Lord

Complete Crew Listings

UK Telefilm Crew

Credits are listed in show order. All credits have been vetted against the finished telefilm.

Crew

Credit

Ellis, Terry

Executive Producer

Chris Griffin

Line Producer

The Hubbard Company

Casting

Midge Ure and Chris Cross

Music by

Michael Bradsell

Film Editor

Maurice Cain

Production Designer

Phil Meheux BSC

Director of Photography

Steve Roberts

Screenplay by

George Stone

Rocky Morton

Annabel Jankel

From an original idea by

Peter Wagg

Produced by

Rocky Morton

Annabel Jankel

Directed by

Redmond Morris

Production Manager

Chris Rose

1st Assistant Director

Trevor Brooker

Camera Operator

Ken Weston

Sound Mixer

Howard Lanning GBFE

Dubbing Editor

Michael Baldwin

Costume Designer

Colin Wilson

Script Consultant

Paul Owen & David Hansen

Max Dialogue

Alan Williams

Art Director

Val Wolstenholm

Set Dresser

Linda Gregory

Production Accountant

Brian Read

Production Buyer

Richard King

Dubbing Mixer

John Dodds

2nd Assistant Director

Terry Bamber

3rd Assistant Director

Francine Brown

Continuity

Andrew Parker

1st Assistant Editor

Paul Conway

Assistant Dubbing Editor

Rik Walton

Music Engineer

Andrew Gillman

VT Playback Editor

Brian Cooke

Stills Photographer

Sandra Shepherd

Make-Up

Ross Carver

Hairdresser

Leon Hamme

Assistant Hairdresser

Coast to Coast

Special Make-Up

Peter Turner

Focus Puller

Ralph Ramsden

Clapper Loader

Harry Eckford

Camera Grip

Richard Taylor

Video Cameraman

Steve O'Brien

Boom Operator

Don Brown

Sound Maintenance

Marina Drecker

Wardrobe Mistress

Raymond Harris

Wardrobe Assistant

Clare St. John

Production Coordinator

Nicholas Hicks-Beach

Researcher

Gerry Kennedy

Production Runner

Ian Scoones

Special Effects

Richard Monkhouse

Electronic Effects

Rod Lord

Computer Effects

Peter Tupy

Graphics

Mike Pia

Video Playback Supervisor

Charlie Simmons

Construction Manager

John Mills

Prop Master

Terry Potter

Gaffer

Colour by Technicolor

Titles by National Screen

Andy Park and George Stone

With Thanks to

Filmed on location at at Lee International Film Studios, Wembly, Middlesex